Queen elizabeth funeral 2022

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral was held on Monday 19th September 2022 which has been declared a national bank holiday to allow mourners to pay their respects and to commemorate her seven-decade reign.

In recognition of Queen Elizabeth II and to enable our staff and their families to pay their respects during this time of national mourning, the Fairthorne Manor site including the nursery will be closed.

We are in the process of contacting all affected families and groups to discuss alternative arrangements.

We are immensely proud to have had Queen Elizabeth II support the YMCA for so many years as our Patron and our gratitude for her dedication to improving the lives of future generations will never be forgotten.

Queen Elizabeth II’s children, including the King, walked behind the coffin of their mother through the streets of Edinburgh.

Mourners will be allowed to file past the late Queen’s coffin from around 5.30pm on Monday until 3pm on Tuesday.

Thousands of visitors have amassed along the Royal Mile hoping to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin winding its way through the heart of Edinburgh

King Charles III and his siblings watched as The Crown of Scotland was placed on the Queen’s Coffin.⁠
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The King and his siblings the Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex, walked behind the coffin of their mother through the streets of Edinburgh.⁠
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Large crowds gathered along the Royal Mile and St Giles’ Cathedral, where mourners will be allowed to file past the late Queen’s coffin from around 5.30pm on Monday until 3pm on Tuesday.⁠

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Monday after shouting “Andrew, you’re a sick old man!” at the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral procession, a reference to the accusations of sexual assault lobbed at the queen’s second son, Prince Andrew.

King Charles III is currently in Holyrood.

His Majesty has met First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and visited the Scottish Parliament

Sandringham Estate remains in a period of Royal Mourning.

Those wishing to pay respects and leave floral tributes can continue to do so daily until further notice.

All areas will remain closed on Monday 19 September 2022, the day of Her Majesty The Queen’s funeral.

King Charles III led his siblings as they kept a vigil to their late mother at St Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh.

The monarch, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward bowed their heads with their backs to the late Queen’s coffin in a process called the Vigil of the Princes.

Members of the public filed past to pay their respects to the late Queen during the ceremony.

The coffin carrying the late Queen arrived at St Giles’ Cathedral

Still to come today:

• 5.30pm: Mourners allowed to file past Queen’s coffin
• 7.20pm: King to lead family vigil at St Giles’s Cathedral

Led by the King, the Queen’s four children walk up St Giles’s Cathedral to make their vigil to their mother’s coffin.

Princess Anne and Prince Edward remained in their military uniforms from this morning’s service at the cathedral in the Scottish capital